Strategic Teacher, The
Selecting the Right Research-Based Strategy for Every Lesson
Published on 12. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-13-503584-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Strategic Teacher offers a repertoire of strategies designed and proven to meet today's high standards and reach diverse learners. Twenty reliable, flexible strategies (along with dozens of variations) are organized into these groups of instruction:
? mastery style to emphasize the development of student memory;
? understanding style to expand students' capacities to reason and explain;
? self-expressive style to stimulate and nourish students' imaginations and creativity;
? interpersonal style to help students find meaning in the relationships they forge as partners and team members, united in the act of learning; and
? four-style strategies that integrate all four styles.
? mastery style to emphasize the development of student memory;
? understanding style to expand students' capacities to reason and explain;
? self-expressive style to stimulate and nourish students' imaginations and creativity;
? interpersonal style to help students find meaning in the relationships they forge as partners and team members, united in the act of learning; and
? four-style strategies that integrate all four styles.
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Content
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Part One Introduction
Part Two Mastery Strategies
Chapter 1 New American Lecture
Chapter 2 Direct Instruction
Chapter 3 Graduated Difficulty
Chapter 4 Teams-Games-Tournaments
Part Three Understanding Strategies
Chapter 5 Compare and Contrast
Chapter 6 Reading for Meaning
Chapter 7 Concept Attainment
Chapter 8 Mystery
Part Four Self-Expressive Strategies
Chapter 9 Inductive Learning
Chapter 10 Metaphorical Expression
Chapter 11 Pattern Maker
Chapter 12 Mind's Eye
Part Five Interpersonal Strategies
Chapter 13 Reciprocal Learning
Chapter 14 Decision Making
Chapter 15 Jigsaw
Chapter 16 Community Circle
Part Six Four-Style Strategies
Chapter 17 Window Notes
Chapter 18 Circle of Knowledge
Chapter 19 Do You Hear What I Hear?
Chapter 29 Task Rotation
Postscript To Be Fair
References
Index
About the Authors
Foreword
Part One Introduction
Part Two Mastery Strategies
Chapter 1 New American Lecture
Chapter 2 Direct Instruction
Chapter 3 Graduated Difficulty
Chapter 4 Teams-Games-Tournaments
Part Three Understanding Strategies
Chapter 5 Compare and Contrast
Chapter 6 Reading for Meaning
Chapter 7 Concept Attainment
Chapter 8 Mystery
Part Four Self-Expressive Strategies
Chapter 9 Inductive Learning
Chapter 10 Metaphorical Expression
Chapter 11 Pattern Maker
Chapter 12 Mind's Eye
Part Five Interpersonal Strategies
Chapter 13 Reciprocal Learning
Chapter 14 Decision Making
Chapter 15 Jigsaw
Chapter 16 Community Circle
Part Six Four-Style Strategies
Chapter 17 Window Notes
Chapter 18 Circle of Knowledge
Chapter 19 Do You Hear What I Hear?
Chapter 29 Task Rotation
Postscript To Be Fair
References
Index
About the Authors